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Bold and Bland Donne: To his Mistress Going to Bed
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Donne--Universal and Ever-Green Sex is one of the most common subject dealt in all literature of the world, but, as most of the societies are conservative, they tend to avoid talking about sex in public. Yet, in every age, we have writers who are bold and bland to talk about this subject realistically without mincing sexual orientation of people. Love of woman nakedness is common to all men, though there are countless who say that it is morally low and beneath human dignity. “To his Mistress Going to Bed” is one of the best photographic poems written by John Donne. Though it was common practice with Elizabethan poets to write verses to praise bodies of their mistresses, Donne is special as he elevates everything to a level never reached before in the history of literature. The poem is erotic—there is no doubt about it. The poet presents his argument in most possible sensuous way, but, it is real and authentic—people go to bed in this fashion—at least when they are very you...